Full name: West by West: My Charmed, Tormented Life

Author: Jerry West Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Biographies, Basketball Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Amazon Goodreads ISBNs: 9780316053495 031605349X

It was only logical that when the National Basketball Association needed a silhouette for their logo that they selected the side view of Jerry West. For forty years, West has been an integral part of N.B.A. history, first as a player and then as a coach and general manager. "Mr. Clutch" made the All-Star team every year of his career and created the dynasties that would win eight championships. This extraordinarily candid memoir shows that behind that greatness was a man whose life was punctuated by poverty, physical abuse, the death of a beloved sibling, and an ongoing battle with depression. An extraordinary autobiography of an extraordinary man. Similar books: Drive by Larry Bird Knight by Bob Knight For the Love of the Game by Michael Jordan A Coach's Life by Dean Smith Second Wind by Bill Russell Michael Jordan by Roland Lazenby Sacred Hoops by Phil Jackson They Call Me Coach by John Wooden Life on the Run by Bill Bradley My Losing Season by Pat Conroy The Last Season by Phil Jackson Sum It up by Pat Summitt Let Me Tell You a Story by Red Auerbach When the Game Was Ours by Larry Bird Pistol by Mark Kriegel Bonhoeffer by Eric Metaxas Wager with the Wind by James Greiner Like the Roman by Simon Heffer Memoirs by Pablo Neruda